Mold for concrete burial-cases.



F. S. CLARK.

MOLD FOR CONCRETE BURIAL GASES.

APPLIOATION FILED, OUT. 6, 1909.

Patented Aug. 27, 1912.

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FRED S. CLARK OF SYRACUSE, NEW YORK.

MOLD FOR CONCRETE BURIAL-CASES.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Aug. 27, 1%12;

Application filed October 6, 1909. Serial No. 521,286.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, FRED S. CLARK, ofSyracuse, in the county of Onondaga and State of New York, have inventeda certain new and useful Mold for Concrete tion consists in thecombinations and con- "StlllCf-IODS hereinafter set forth and claimed.

In describing this invention, reference is had to the accompanyingdrawing in which like characters designate corresponding parts in allthe views. 7 V

Figure 1 is an inverted plan, partly broken away, of my mold. Fig. 2 isa section on the plane of line A-A, Fig. 1,

the mold being in position to receive the concrete. Fig. 3 a fragmentaryview showing one of the locking devices.

1 and 2 are outer side and end walls of this mold; 3 and- 4: are innerside and end walls spaced apart from the walls 1 and 2, and togetherwith the walls 1 and 2 forming a mold for the sides and ends of thecon-- crete burial case; and 5 is a wall for forming the bottom of the{concrete burial case.

The outer side and end walls 1 and 2 are detachably connected by cornerpieces, each corner piece comprising a member 6 fixed to one of saidwalls as the end wall 2, and a member 7 secured to the wall 1 andinterlocking with the member 6. The members 6 and 7 are provided withlapping portions 8 and each lapping portion is formed with a groove andbead 9 and 10 for fitting a complemental bead and groove of the otherlapping portion 8, the groove being located at the base of each lappingortion 8 and the bead at the end thereof? The inner and outer faces ofthe members 6 and 7 are flush and the members are normally held fromseparation at their lapping portions by locking devices 11 pivoted at 12to the outer side of one of the members 6 and 7, as the member 6, andextending across the joint formed by the lapping portions 8 of themembers 6 and 7 and engaging the outer face of the other member 7.

The inner side and end walls 3 and 4 are joined together by cornerpieces 13 each of which is detachably interlocked with members' 14 fixedrespectively to the inner. side and end walls 3 and 4:. As hereillustrated eachcorner piece is formed with a lengthwise channel. 15 inits outer face, opposite sides of the channel being undercut form inggrooves 16, and the members 14: are provided with beads 17 fitting thegrooves 16 and with surfaces for engagingthe bottom A of the channel. av

The members 14, at each corner are firmly held in position by a wedge 18engaging opposing faces of the members 14 at each corner and also thebottom of the channel 15 'of 'the corresponding corner piece, said wedgebeing held in position by [locking parts 180 located entirely on theoutside of the inner Walls of the mold, these looking parts beingsecured to the members 14: as by pivots 19, and being movable on theirpivots into and out of engagement with the wedges 18. The corner pieces13 and the members 6 of the outer corner pieces cooperate to form arounding corner on the concrete burial case, in addition to joining 'theinner and outer side and end walls of the mold, and the corner pieces 13are usually formed with flanges 20 projecting into the mold spacebetween the inner and outer walls, the flanges of the corner piecesbeing connected to the corresponding flanges of the next corner piecesby bars or rails 21 and together with said bars forming a rabbet in the'upper edge of the concrete case for receiving the cover of the concretecase.

In use the mold is erected in the position shown in Fig. 2, that is,with the plate 5 forming the bottom of the concrete case on the upperside of the mold, and the concrete is poured between the inner and outerwalls of the mold, and on the plate 5 forming the bottom of the case. I

My mold is particularly advantageous in that owing to the constructionof the cor-.

ner pieces thereof and the locking devices for such corner pieces, saidmold can'be quickly removed after the casting of a burial case and canbe quickly assembled as and for the purpose described.

2. A mold for casting concrete burial cases comprising inner and outerside and end walls spaced apart, a corner piece connecting the innerside and end walls and formed with a lengthwise channel in its outerface,

parts assoclated with the inner side and end walls and having meansextending into the channel and engaging walls thereof, a wedge forengaging said parts and forcing the same into holding engagement withthewalls of the channel, and IIIGBIISfOI forcing the wedge intooperative position, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

3. A mold for casting concrete burial cases comprising inner and outerside and end Walls spaced apart, a corner piece connecting inner sideand end walls and formed with a lengthwise channel in its outer face,the sides of the channel being undercut forming grooves, partsassociated'with said inner slde and end Walls and having means forinterlocking with the undercut sides or rooves of the channel and alsohaving suraoes for engaging the bottom ofthe/channel, and a wedge forengaging said parts and also engaging the bottom of the channel of thecorner piece,.substantially as and for the purpose described.

4. A mold for casting concrete burial cases comprising inner and outerside and end walls spaced apart, a corner piece connecting inner sideand end walls and formed with a lengthwise channel in its outer face,the sides of the channel being undercut forming grooves, partsassociated with said inner side and end walls and having means forinterlocking with the undercut sides or grooves of the channel and alsohaving surfaces for engaging the bottom of the channel, a wedge forengaging said' parts and also engaging the bottom of the channel of thecorner piece, and locking devices pivoted to said parts and movable ontheir pivots into engagement with the wedge, substan-

